Storage Liaison - JRV Consulting

The "thing" with executing or coordinating a deployment of a technology or a new platform its most of the times a very repetitive and time consuming activity, let's dive into the world of IT storage array deployment. Think of it as crafting your own masterpiece, but instead of paint and canvas, we're using servers, data, and a sprinkle of networking magic... let's see what to take in consideration: Step 1: Gathering Your Materials First things first, let's gather our materials. We need to understand what our organization needs in terms of storage – how much, how fast, and how secure. Then, it's time to hit the market and explore the array of storage options out there. Find something that fits your budget and can grow with your needs. Step 2: Checking Your Toolbox Now that we know what we need, let's take a look at our IT toolbox. Do we have everything we need to support our shiny new storage array? If not, it's time to stock up and make sure we...

We, as storage administrators, thinkers, doers and executioners are under a lonely spectrum in the respect of a opinion for our profession. What we do seems to be underrated, something unappreciated but mostly tends to be judged from those who use the systems without being  proactive taking ownership on the responsibility of use a system for the intended purpose of it. Our jobs are perceived as a mere link on a string without taking in consideration the level of technical expertise in several areas that requires to know about "storage". Don't get me wrong, the intention of posting this is not to make a rant against those companies which requires from our knowledge, but to clearly state the big difference between those who feed the systems versus those who admin the system. Im going to post different technical issues found on personal experiences, mostly to separate those two roles from my judgement... the part that only uses the systems vs the one who has to run it...